#38ACC3#38ACC3

#38ACC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.106 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACC3
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 195)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -24.41, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 32.25, 220.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0877 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.106 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2296, 34.2829, 56.8541)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACC3 #C34F38

analogous

#38C395 #38ACC3 #3867C3

triadic

#38ACC3 #C338AC #ACC338

tetradic

#38ACC3 #9538C3 #C34F38 #67C338

square

#38ACC3 #9538C3 #C34F38 #67C338

split-complementary

#38ACC3 #C33867 #C39538

monochromatic

#1D5864 #2A8293 #38ACC3 #65C1D3 #95D4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#38ACC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#38ACC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACC3

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACC3	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8898C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.106 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5d5',
    500: '#38acc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acc3;
$custom-light: #82c5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.928,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69025,
    "c": 0.10552,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACC3

secondary

#CC968B

accent

#6249DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACC3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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